Mads Pedersen, first leader of the Circuit de La Sarthe

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the dane mad petersen (Trek Segafredo) is the first leader of the 68th edition of Sarthe Circuitafter winning a short sprint in the first stage, which started and finished with Mamers with a distance of 192.3 km.

Pedersen (Tollose, 26 years old), world champion 2019, did not go on a sprint contested between 10 runners, crossing the line ahead of the French Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r Citroen) at axel zingle (Cofidis).

In the top 10 entered some of the well -known names of the quiz, such as Italian Filippo Ganna and the rooster Thibaut Pinotfifth and seventh, respectively.

four runners alexander kamp (Segafredo Track), Sean Quinn (EF Education) at alexis gougeard (B&B hotels), won this test in 2019, and mael guegan (Nantes Atlantique) maintained an interesting breakaway that allowed them 3.18 minutes before the peloton, before being chased by a group of eight chasers who emerged from the peloton group to find them.

Eventually there are 10 runners left to play for the first victory and leadership, among them fast sprint men like mad petersenhard to handle at the finish line until he imposed his speed on Cosnefroy and Zingle (Cofidis).

This is Pedersen’s third victory this season, as he previously raised his arms on the stages of Besseges Star and Paris Nice, and the 21st of his professional career. A Nordic runner with a brilliant track record, winner of classics such as Ghent Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussels.

The second stage will take place this Wednesday at the start and end in the town of Le Lude on a 174.7 km route.

Source: La Verdad

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